No Video Stream about peerflix-server HOT 13 CLOSED

The stream will be on 9000 once you add a torrent and click a file link on the page. It won't open vlc for you, but will show the video in the browser if you have the plugin installed. You can copy the link in vlc as network stream.

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No such luck with the stream. peerflix works fine, but here nothing. Vlc sees a stream but refuses to open/play.
could it have to do with the install errors I get?

npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.28","npm":"1.4.9"})

npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.28","npm":"1.4.9"}) npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.28","npm":"1.4.9"}) npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.28","npm":"1.4.9"}) npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.28","npm":"1.4.9"})

thanks.

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Please provide more details: what torrent are you using, what file are you trying to stream?

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I tried grabbing several mp4 and avi torrents from the internet. All well seeded popular tv shows, with not very large file sizes. ~300mb

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As an example of another torrent that doesn't work:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:ef330b39f4801d25b4245212e75a38634bfc856e
Downloads quickly enough, but no stream can be opened

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Works for me, here's the stream: http://localhost:9000/torrents/ef330b39f4801d25b4245212e75a38634bfc856e/files/star-wreck-in-the-pirkinning%5Cstar_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi

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Just click the link:

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How am I supposed to get the link to the stream for subsequent torrents?

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oh, wow, I feel so stupid now. I was supposed to click on the hyperlink to the file, after having checked it.
Thank you for clearing that up!

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You don't have to check it. Checking it makes it download the file ahead of time instead of streaming it in real time.

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Got it.
(maybe you should include a few lines in the readme, so others as stupid as I am don't run into the same problem)

Just to ask now and make it clear, where is the temporary directory the files are saved to? Are they always cleared on shutdown?
I know in peerflix, you can maintain the files.

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It uses the same back-end as peerflix, so the files are stored in the same folder by default. You can override the defaults by supplying a config file (I'll update the readme once I have the time).
The files are not removed on shutdown and the server remembers all the torrents across restarts. You can remove the torrent and it's files manually by clicking the "cross" button in the upper right corner.

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BTW, if you'd like to contribute some documentation, like a short guide in the readme, please feel free to submit a pull request. GitHub makes it extremely easy, just open README.md and click "Edit".

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